The only person who is in news these days is Virat Kohli obviously other than Arvind Kejriwal.
And today in this article, we will talk about the technique, quality and the basics of batting of this fearsome bat player who has taken the IPL by storm by tetra-tons in the shorter format of the game and is riding on success and he has clearly proven that he is on the top most peak of his form so much that even other batsman has been perturbed that he might change the total concept of batting altogether. The 27 year old has been has been in super touch right from the Asia Cup, then the T-20 World Cup and now the recently on-going IPL tournament. He has proven himself to such an extent that the stalwarts of the sports industry have started comparing him with Sachin Tendulkar. His magnificence has impressed the God himself but the humble Kohli has always thought of him as his mentor and he feels embarrassed to see that people even compare to him. The reason for the strong performance in the recent months has made people discuss the style of the man and how he manages to amaze every single time whether his team is chasing the run or they are giving a particular chase. Though he is more brilliant in the run chase where we can take the example of the fearsome run chase against Pakistan and Australia in the T-20 world cup but he has equally dazzled when playing without that much of pressure and every time has contributed equally in setting up more than a respectable target. According to Akash Chopra, the former Indian Cricket player, he sums up by saying that by the way he carries himself with a suave swagger look with spiked hairs and tattooed body, he carries the same attitude in the field, his aggressive batting style and captaincy makes it easier for him to play that beautifully and make the opposition nervous. And that is clearly visible on the field where he carries that passion in himself whether he plays for the country or for RCB that when he bats, he is focusing on that particular thing in mind, his concentration and the will power or the do or die attitude is what every aspiring youngster should adhere to. One of the best thing about the player is that even when he plays for Test or ODI’s or even the T-20 format, he doesn’t play a shot out of the box, his straight drive will look equally elegant whether he plays it in the test format or in the shorter format, he always believes in his basics, he never believes in power shots or hard-hitting, just basic, technical, good looking and heart-melting cricketing shots which make him more powerful and vicious. His score card always reads of more boundaries than sixes which is proof in itself that he believes in his bat more rather than in his muscles. Virat never disappoints us with his shots similar like Sachin did. Their shots have proper timing and the exact footwork which make them use their brawn much less and even their over the rope shots will be equally smooth and would need just a subtle rise of the willow rather than swinging the bat wildly.
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As the curtains are drawing over the 9th International World Cup Twenty20 tournament, we give a closer look at the Women’s version of the gentleman’s game.
Yuvraj Singh has been ruled out from the remaining matches of the WT20 and it comes as a serious blow for team India just before the semi-final against West Indies on 31st March 2016. Yuvraj has been an integral part of the team since making his comeback to the International Cricket in T20 Series against Australia.
Yuvraj Singh’s performance in the series may not have been extra-ordinary but he has played his part as an all-rounder and a mentor for the young Indian Squad pretty well. His contribution has been very crucial in crunch situations as we saw in the games against Pakistan and Australia where he provided the stability to the line-up when wickets were falling quickly. In both the matches, he built crucial partnership with Virat Kohli to seal the team through to victory. Yuvraj Singh has always been a player of tough character and we saw that in the match against Australia as he played through the pain after hurting his ankle during the game. The injury couldn’t stop him from making his contribution in the game and setting up the path towards victory for team India as they defeated Australia by 6 wickets to book a place in the Semi-Final against West Indies. Yuvraj played his part with the ball too as he slowed down the run rate of Australia and bowled with an economy of 6.33 as well as picking up the crucial wicket of Steve Smith. How many of us were aware that on 19th of March 2016 our women’s cricket team took on Pakistan women’s team in the afternoon at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, New Delhi? The very same day when our men’s cricket team took on their men’s team in the evening at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. I think very few people were aware about it, isn’t it sad?? For long, the Indian women’s cricket team have been living in the shadows of the more fancied men’s team, all the while, silently outperforming their opponents, achieving good results and coming out on the top more often than not. The only difference between men’s and women’s team is simply the attention or the lack of it, that the women cricketers face.
In a country where a large number of people are obsessed with cricket, it comes as a big surprise that not many are aware of the names of the cricketers in the women’s team, with India hosting the 2016 edition of World Twenty 20, both men’s and women’s matches will be played simultaneously. But there hasn’t been much publicity surrounding the ladies tournament, the only bright spot was when they got to pose alongside their popular counterparts, during the official unveiling of the team India jersey. |
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